Name
Sixty martyrs of Samalut (Middle Egypt)
Saint ID
S01515
Gender
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E03850 | Wall painting from a site 2 km north of Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt), of the *Three Hebrew Youths (of the Old Testament Book of Daniel, S01198), with a Coptic inscription below it mentioning the *Sixty Martyrs of Samalut (Middle Egypt) (S01515), and, to either side and below it, paintings of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385) and their three brothers, and fellow martyrs, *Anthimos, Leontios and Euprepios (S01544) on a smaller scale. Now in the British Museum; datable to the 6th/7th century. |
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